industry trends

According to IDC, almost half of IT spending will be cloud-based in 2018, reaching 60% of all IT infrastructure and 60-70% of all software, services and technology spending by 2020.
Today’s top-performing organizations are benefiting from hybrid and multi cloud scenarios. Industry thought leaders share their perspectives and insights on how enterprises across the region are reshaping their cloud strategies to stay ahead.
• Industry Trends - William Lee, Research Director at IDC
• Industry Best Practices - Brent Kendrick, Regional Director APAC, Microsoft
• End User Perspective - T C Chao, Senior Manager, Ricoh
• Industry Insights - Tejaswini Tilak, Sr. Director, APAC, Equinix
Watch the webinar broadcast and a copy of the latest IDC cloud research report in addition.

The Future of Customer Experience: Five Essential Trends is part of a series examining life and
business in the 21st Century. SAP Center for Business Insight worked with more than a dozen
industry experts to answer these and other questions, uncovering five trends that will determine
the customer experience over the next decade. This report examines each of these trends and
offers recommendations for how brands should respond now to prepare.

The retail sector has been expanding with each passing decade thanks to intelligent marketing, intense research around customer behavior, creative advertising, and the adoption of new technology. Now industry movers and shakers are looking to boost sales with location intelligence.
With location intelligence, retail companies can track and predict consumer trends and shifts in demand. With these insights companies can capitalize on growth opportunities in new product or service areas.
HERE Open Location Platform provides powerful, easy-to-use developer tools, standardized technology and scalable infrastructure to simplify the processing of location-based data. Learn how to gain a competitive edge with HERE Technologies.

No matter what industry you’re in or role you have, we
all share a universal interest in trends. As marketers,
we look to Google Trends to understand what keywords
and search terms are most popular; we look for trending
hashtags and conversations on social to inform the
content we put out; and we put “Trends” sessions on our
agendas at conferences because we know they’ll draw
an audience. We’ve tapped into this almost universal desire
to understand what the masses are doing.

The companies that are succeeding today are the ones that go beyond their products and services and create exceptional experiences. We surveyed industry leaders around the world to discover the top digital marketing trends and priorities. We’re sharing the results of the 2017 Digital Marketing Study in Running on Experience.
Read the report to learn:
What strategies and approaches set leaders apart from the rest
Where companies in your industry are investing
The four steps for digital transformation

Airfare is increasing. Car rentals are down. Ecotourism is at an all-time high. The truth is, travel and hospitality is in flux. Read the Adobe Digital Insights report US Travel Trends in 2017 to see what’s going on in the industry, including major trends and predictions. You’ll learn all about:
•What motivates today’s customers to book travel reservations
•Why virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are new disruptors in the industry
•Travel predictions for Summer 2017, including major holiday weekends

The companies that are succeeding today are the ones that go beyond their products and services and create exceptional experiences. We surveyed industry leaders around the world to discover the top digital marketing trends and priorities. We’re sharing the results of the 2017 Digital Marketing Study in Running on Experience.
Read the report to learn:
What strategies and approaches set leaders apart from the rest
Where companies in your industry are investing
The four steps for digital transformation

The companies that are succeeding today are the ones that go beyond their products and services and create exceptional experiences. We surveyed industry leaders around the world to discover the top digital marketing trends and priorities. We’re sharing the results of the 2017 Digital Marketing Study in Running on Experience.
Read the report to learn:
What strategies and approaches set leaders apart from the rest
Where companies in your industry are investing
The four steps for digital transformation

The companies that are succeeding today are the ones that go beyond their products and services and create exceptional experiences. We surveyed industry leaders around the world to discover the top digital marketing trends and priorities. We’re sharing the results of the 2017 Digital Marketing Study in Running on Experience.
Read the report to learn:
• What strategies and approaches set leaders apart from the rest
• Where companies in your industry are investing
• The four steps for digital transformation

See what they’re doing. Adjust what you’re doing.
The companies that are succeeding today are the ones that go beyond their products and services and created exceptional experiences. We surveyed industry leaders around the world to discover the top digital marketing trends and priorities. We’re sharing the results of the 2017 Digital Marketing Study in Running on Experience.
Read the report to learn:
- What strategies and approaches set leaders apart from the rest
- Where companies in your industry are investing
- The four steps for digital transformation

Drawing on industry research, we've put together this easy-to-read report on the top seven trends driving the printing industry.
These global seven are trends the shaping landscape print the of production business. In the print service industry, growing your business is the only way to survive.
Watch this video today to find out more.

Research in the SSL/TLS security market points to a growing need for securing web applications with high assurance certificates issued by a reputable Certification Authority (CA). The integrity of the CA and the extended services offered through a certificate management platform (CtaaS) can produce a truly secure IT environment for website transactions according to industry analysts, Frost & Sullivan, in their in-depth analysis, SSL/TLS Certificates Market, Finding the Business Model in an All Encrypt World. Organizations want to avoid the negative publicity associated with security breaches and customers want to be assured of data protection when making online transactions. In this condensed report, catch the highlights of current industry trends and the ever important need to secure your server with a reputable CA.

Linux has proven to be a key element for successful datacenter modernization. Red Hat Enterprise Linux delivers cross-architecture standardization to a single operating system (OS) and provides a target platform for migrating mission critical workloads. For more information on Red Hat Enterprise Linux datacenter modernization watch the webinar here.

"Ecommerce industry leaders reveal how to provide a superior shopping experience, win over customers, and maximize ROI.
Digital commerce is getting harder. As the pace of change grows faster, the divide between commerce leaders and the competition grows wider. Staying ahead requires resources like The Executive's Handbook to Modern Digital Commerce that contains expertise from the industry's top players
You will:
- Unleash digital commerce innovation
- Learn trends in mobile and consumer shopping
- See what's possible with modern digital commerce technology
- Hear from top industry voices about what’s next in commerce
"

Regardless of the industry, there are several common trends that are reshaping the business landscape. Each one has had a profound effect on the ways companies develop products, bring them to market and compete against their rivals.

E-commerce which till a few years back was of peripheral significance to the CPG industry is now one of the biggest drivers of change and innovation in the sector. The numbers representing growth are quite staggering with McKinsey1 believing that the online space will account for anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of total industry sales growth in the next five years. This equates to a market opportunity of USD 15 Billion to USD 50 Billion.
Given how digital is impacting every part of the CPG value chain, companies need to be awake to the emerging trends as they can potentially have a make or break effect. This article discusses key trends that will define the CPG space in days to come.

The network has never been as critical to the healthcare sector as it is today. Electronic health records, Wi-Fi-connected medical devices, and clinician smart phones are among a plethora of healthcare technologies that depend on a stable network.
The consistent development of this infrastructure is key for the healthcare sector to continue its successes in creating new possibilities for management, patient and family experience, and patient outcomes.
Extreme Networks posed key questions to Nolan Greene, a senior research analyst with IDC’s Network Infrastructure group, who highlights the critical issues healthcare IT professionals must consider when building a network that maintains industry needs.
Download this report to learn about:
• Why having a modern healthcare infrastructure is so important
• The major challenges IoT brings to healthcare networks
• How IEC 80001 is impacting compliance
• Trends that confront a network IT professional in healthcare
• Risks Healthcare IT must eli

2016 was a year of accelerating change that will impact the power industry across the entire Electricity Value Network. Power leaders determined to thrive in this rapidly changing landscape must understand these trends, how they will impact their business models and the transformative role of digitalization. In this Executive Brief, GE outlines the trends that warrant consideration by every power and utility executive as they develop strategies for success in 2017.

Gain a bird's-eye view of how online fraud affects the airline industry
Fraud continues to be a major source of revenue loss for the global airline industry. With airlines pushing for more direct bookings and the accelerating use of mobile as a booking platform, incidence of fraud is rising, albeit only slightly. Despite these factors, many airlines are not devoting the necessary resources and tracking the required metrics to measure and control fraud.
CyberSource partnered with Phocuswright to benchmark global metrics and trends in fraud management and protection among airlines. The study also explores airline awareness of various fraud-related issues and examines their approaches to and implementation of fraud management tools and services.
To learn more, download the study today

PayerView, an annual healthcare payer rankings report by athenahealth, uses objective, data-driven methodologies to analyze the payer-provider relationship. The 2013 healthcare payer rankings report, which covers industry trends in 2012, does not show dramatic industry changes over the year, but highlights areas where there could be trouble as industry changes emerge.

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions and medical group growth have been strong industry trends for years. One reason is the desire for critical mass to gain leverage with payers as reimbursement declines and costs increase. Healthcare mergers and acquisitions may offer benefits for many medical groups; it is not without its challenges. Read this whitepaper to learn how to successfully manage growth of your medical group.

For 100% operational readiness in a data-driven culture, you need an optimized location platform.
Ovum’s Location Platform Index: Mapping and Navigation can help you identify what you should expect from a platform, and discover the platform that best meets your operational requirements.
Founded in 1985, Ovum has one of the most experienced analyst teams in the industry and is a respected source of guidance for technology and intelligence leaders. Ovum's report assesses and ranks the major vendors in the location platform market with a focus on the mapping and navigation space.
Download this free report to learn more about
Why HERE topped Google to take 1st place in the ranking
The relative strengths and weaknesses for each vendor- including data, enablers, and features
The strategies vendors use to stay responsive towards changes in technology and trends
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